3. Trainz: A New Era
Released May 15, 2015. Promoted through Kickstarter in late 2013 and then through http://anewera.trainzportal.com, the development of Trainz: A New Era (TANE) was originally supported by 1792 "supporters", then by signing up with Koch Media/Deep Silver to help us complete development. With a brand new game engine and a range of new features, TANE set a new benchmark for train simulators around the world. There have since been 6 major free updates and at the time of writing, the 7th (Service Pack 3) is almost ready for release.

Trainz Versions

Trainz now operates on PC, Mac, iOS and Android systems. New sections of this wiki are being added continually to update the different versions for different systems. More information on the history of Trainz versions can be found at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trainz.

Help Pages

TRS19 Introduces a new in-game Help Page

Trainz Railroad Simulator 2019 (and TANE SP3) introduces several new ways to find out answers to all your Trainz questions. Simply click on the ? on the top menu bar in-game to bring up the new Help Home Page.

Choose from four help options from the in-game Help Home Page

Ask A Question gives you access to the enormous (and helpful) Trainz Community.

Use the in-game ? to click on active links which take you directly to the appropriate Trainz Wiki webpage

Search the Wiki brings you back to this page where you can access other Wiki links such as the Search option, Hot To pages etc.

For specific help with orders, game access, DLC etc, please use the Support link. Please note that support does not answer "how to" type game questions.

In-game Questions and Answers

You don't even have to leave the game to get answers to your questions.

Ask For Help - Simply ask a question and it will be posted to the special Trainz Help Forum. Other Trainz Community Members can then assist you by answering those questions.

My Questions - Review the questions you have asked, check the answers you have received, and close any answered questions.

For specific help with orders, game access, DLC etc, please use the Support link. Please note that support does not answer "how to" type game questions.

The In-game Help Home Page also provide links to a range of Wiki Pages.

Please click on the image to view the Help Forum, or click on this link for the TRS19 Help Page.

These "Game Help" pages explain the function of each of the user interface components, such as what happens when you click on a particular button in-game, or how to use a particular function.

You can also type your search query in the left hand margin Search box, or in the in-game Search box that opens when you click on the (?) icon.

While functionality may differ in some versions of the game, the concepts are generally similar between versions.

For more general information about how to complete a certain goal, such as How to Create a Session, check out the "How-To Guides" (also accessible from the link in the left hand column).

Please be aware that the wiki is a source of information, similar to a book. It is not intended as an interactive chat or helpdesk. If you can't find what you are looking for here, general questions should be asked via the Trainz Forums.

How-To Guides

The HowTo guides are a series of documents describing how to achieve various tasks within the Trainz environment. It covers a broad range of topics suitable for beginners using Trainz for the first time through to experienced content creators. Each guide covers a specific topic in detail and explains all the steps required to achieve a task, such as HowTo/Create a session.

Community

Visit the Trainz Forums for advice and friendly banter and meet thousands of other like-minded train fans from around the world.

Content Creation

Dedicated content creation information may be found at the Content Creation pages. These pages are targeted for intermediate-to-advanced users, and explain the theory behind the formation of various types of content. These pages are a valuable resource to stay on top of the evolving content creation requirements as we take Trainz into the next generation of high resolution, high quality content.

Content Creation Tutorial Website

A new resource has been created providing a wide range of Content Creation Tutorials at this page.

Updating the Trainz Wiki

This wiki is created by both N3VGames (the developers behind Trainz) and by the Trainz Community (requires a Planet Auran login and registered Trainz product to gain edit rights).

It is a continually evolving repository of information. Trainz Content Creators and fans should feel free to add their own pages to this site, however please be sure to keep page names distinct and meaningful. Pages with ambiguous names that are likely to conflict with other uses will be renamed or removed.